Novalles

Geschichte

Novalles is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.HistoryNovalles is first mentioned in 1179 as Novellis.GeographyNovalles has an area, of 2.06km2. Of this area, 0.96km2 or 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.01km2 or 49.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.09km2 or 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 32.5% is used for growing crops and 12.1% is pastures, while 1.9% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality was part of the Grandson District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Novalles became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.The municipality is located north-west of Grandson on a plateau and along the left bank of the Arnon river. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Novalles and the hamlet of Le Moulin.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Pally of Six Argent and Azure, overall a Mining-wheel Or.DemographicsNovalles has a population of., 3.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -8%. It has changed at a rate of -4% due to migration and at a rate of -4% due to births and deaths.